Category Archives: Theater Fantastique

On the Comet (1970)

Posted on August 31, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Karel Zeman (1910-1989) was a Czechoslovakian animator and filmmaker whose shorts and feature length films are like multi-media playgrounds in which actors move amongst baroque painted backdrops, interact with stop-motion animated creatures matted against deliberately flat, Victorian-style paintings and cut-outs, … Continue reading →

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Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

Posted on August 25, 2011 at 5:02 am by Jeff Kuykendall

So here is a musical science-fiction fantasy filmed in black-and-white with color sequences, produced by Lorne Michaels, featuring appearances by Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd the same year they made Ghostbusters, written and directed by Saturday Night Live writer Tom … Continue reading →

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Zotz! (1962)

Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

When last we checked in with William Castle, I suggested that Mr. Sardonicus (1961) was about one gimmick too far for the great schlockmeister. Gimmicks had made him famous, but they were becoming a prison, and starting to harm the … Continue reading →

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